Artificial Intelligence Needs to Come for John Thune’s Job

In this PJ Media article, Stephen Kruiser argues that Senate Majority Leader John Thune represents the stale, status-quo Republican leadership that keeps failing to meet the urgency of the moment.

• Kruiser opens with a broad critique of the Seventeenth Amendment, arguing that the modern Senate has become a taxpayer-funded private club filled with politicians who refuse to leave power.
• He uses Mitch McConnell as an example of the long-serving Republican establishment, crediting him for helping confirm judges during Trump’s first term but criticizing most of his career as squishy and mediocre.
• The piece frames John Thune as McConnell’s successor in both title and temperament, accusing him of carrying forward the same cautious, establishment-friendly style of Senate leadership.
• Kruiser argues that President Trump is trying to reshape the GOP into a party that fights and wins, while Senate Republican leadership remains too attached to the comfortable rhythms of Washington.
• Election integrity is the article’s central policy concern, with Kruiser warning that Republicans must treat the issue as an existential fight rather than another ordinary legislative battle.
• He says the SAVE America Act should be a top priority because Democrats are allegedly working relentlessly to weaken election safeguards and secure long-term political dominance.
• The article criticizes Thune for lacking urgency on the SAVE Act and suggests that Senate Republicans are the main obstacle to action.
• Kruiser contends that Democrats in 2026 are far more aggressive than the old Beltway Republican class seems willing to acknowledge.
• The headline’s AI angle comes near the end, where Kruiser jokes that artificial intelligence replacing members of Congress might be an improvement over what he calls “Jellyfish John Thune.”

Read the full story: https://pjmedia.com/stephen-kruiser/2026/05/12/artificial-intelligence-needs-to-come-for-john-thunes-job-n4952783